Monday, May 30, 2016

Cmdr. Rook's photos. Here's a recount of the game from his perspective. "The four of us went a brutal five rounds, and it was truly anyone's game the whole time. Thanks for having me! Bottle-necking of the narrow table made the push against an "endzone" defender such as myself a chaotic affair, with the three attackers deploying shoulder-to-shoulder, essentially. I felt pressured to feed sacrificial frames forward to slow the advance on my stations, which turned out to only weaken my flank to a sneaky late-game advance. The other players slugged it out pretty evenly, trading stations until a clear winner emerged!"

Events of Turn 3 (DDC@3):Hyperbob loses his "Thor" frame. Cmdr. Rook captures one of Tom's Stations but loses another Frame. Tom loses a Frame but captures one of Cmdr. Rook's Stations. And once again I didn't take any pictures of Turn 3.

Tokala: 42 points.

Cmdr. Rook: 28 points.

Hyperbob: 24 points.

Tom: 24 points.

Events of Turn 4 (DDC@2): Tokala loses a Frame. Cmdr. Rook loses a Frame. Tokala captures a Station from Tom and Tom captures a Station from Cmdr. Rook. The Doomsday Clock is ticked down to zero.

End of Turn 4 pictures.

Tokala: 42 points.

Hyperbob: 24 points.

Tom: 24 points.

Cmdr. Rook: 14 points.

Thoughts & Observations:

I wasn't a part of this game so I hope I interpreted the notes right.

Having that many Frames on that small a table is claustrophobic.

Someone copied one of my Frame designs! There's a Mecha Owlbear on that table!

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Eight of us got together to game at the Whiz in Westborogh, MA on May 22nd. This allowed us to play two simultaneous games. This is the battle report for the game I was in. The other battle report will be later in the week.The point totals for the beginning of the game were as follows:A Team (3 frames & 11 systems) = (7 Points per Asset) * (5 assets) = 35 points. (Cyclops)Me (4 frames & 15 systems) = (4 Points per Asset) * (6 assets) = 24 points. (Daemons)Narbey (4 frames & 16 systems) = (3 Points per Asset) * (6 assets) = 18 points. (Skitterers)Occam's Spork(4 frames & 16 systems) = (3 points per asset) * (6 assets) = 18 points.

Here are the pictures from the start of the game.

Events of Turn 1 (DDC@11): Narbey grabs one of Occam's Spork's Stations. I seize one of Narbey's Stations he left undefended. One of Occam's Spork's frames moved to the top of a silo and then had it shot out from under it, doing one damage.

Events of Turn 2 (DDC@8): My Purple frame makes a run and seizes one of A Team's Stations. Narbey's Lime Skitterer engages A Team's Black frame then seizes the other one.

End of Turn 2 pictures.

Me: 28 points.

A Team: 21 points.Narbey: 21 points.

Occam's Spork: 18 points.

Events of Turn 3 (DDC@6): Narbey seizes one of my Stations. A Team destroys one of Narbey's frames and takes the Station it was defending. For some reason I don't have pictures for Turn 3.

Me: 28 points.

A Team: 28 points.

Narbey: 18 points.

Occam's Spork: 15 points.

Events of Turn 4 (DDC@3): My Yellow Daemon makes a run for Occam's Spork Station and misses by one unit on the ruler. Occam's Spork seizes the Station I had taken from Narbey and left undefended. Occam's Spork destroys my Blue frame and takes the Station it was defending. A Team destroys my Purple frame and takes back the Station I captured from her. A Team and Narbey tick down the clock to end the game.

End of Turn 4 pictures.

A Team: 35 points.

Occam's Spork: 21 points.

Narbey: 18 points.

Me: 8 points.

Thoughts & Observations:

We actually had enough players for two simultaneous games!

I hate thin tables.

Occam's Spork might have been able to take the game if he had made a move one turn earlier.

But then again his damage rolls were awful so staying turtled might have been a good idea.

People seemed to like the new terrain pieces.

We actually remembered to play with a normal compliment of Single Shot Rockets, and they got used during the game.

A Team had the high body count in this game with two Frame kills to her credit.

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Target has some good sales on Lego this week. 15% off on Angry Birds sets, which makes three out of the five sets affordable. Then there's 20% off all Lego City, Friends, Minecraft and Duplo. This sale actually makes the 60067 City Police Helicopter Pursuit set affordable, and there are plenty of other deals available. Good hunting.

The Questions:Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away? Yes. (+5)Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? Above. (-10) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away? Yes. (+5)Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts? Yes. (+5)Score: +5 (B+). Don't be fooled by that decent score, this is not that great a set.

Friday, May 20, 2016

Parts. A bunch of Slopes, Clip Plates, and Bar Plates. A few Hingle Plates, Brackets, Bar Holder Claws, Robot Arms, and Ball Joints. There's also more of those Tooth Tiles, and a Minifig Spear rounds it all out.

Build. A quick tripod and a Station.

The Questions:Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away? Yes. (+5)Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? Below. (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away? Yes. (+5)Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts? Yes. (+5)Score: +20 (A+). Another perfect score for this round of Mixels.

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Parts. I see some of those new Tooth Tiles in the lower right corner. Lampholders, Bar Bricks, Robot Arms, Tooth Plates, Grille Tiles, Clip Plates, Bar Plates, Brackets, a Studless Slope, 1x1 Round Trans-color Tiles, are all interesting parts.

Build. A quick quad reminiscent of my Crab Mecha. Also a 1 Hit

piece of Cover.

The Questions:Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away? Yes. (+5)Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? Below. (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away? Yes. (+5)Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts? Yes. (+5)Score: +20 (A+). Not a surprising score.

Monday, May 16, 2016

Bag. I purchased this from Target for $3.49, which gives us a $0.09 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Minifig. I like using the helmet in Frame builds.

Parts. A couple of Lampholders, some Levers & Bases, The Catapult Arms that I find intriguing, a 1x2 Corrugated Brick, a few Slopes, a 1x2-1x2 Bracket, a Jumper, and the 21x2 Mod. Plate w/Pin Hole on Top are all interesting pieces.

Build. An IO Frigate vaguely reminiscent of a Firefly class ship.

The Questions:Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away? Yes. (+5)Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? Below. (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away? Yes. (+5)Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts? No. (-5)Score: +10 (A-). It would need at least ten more pieces to get a better score.